January 20, 1855

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Features

New York Mechanics Institute Classes

To Give a Dull Black Color to Brass

A Blue Rose

Coffee

Machine for Drilling Stone

The Temple of Serapis

Experiments in Stopping Railway Trains

The Art of Dyeing--No. 4

Curiosities of Nature

St. Paul, Minnesota

The Minie Ball

Railways of the United States

Telegraph to the Pacific

Barometer and Cannonading

Coating Wire Fences

Improvements in Puddling Iron

Olive Oil for Snakes Bites

Ventilation and Sewers

A Forthcoming Wonder

The Lancaster Gun

Artificial Whalebone

Effect of Pressure on Substances

Safety Camphene Lamp

Freeing Canal Boats of Water

Lime Water in Bread

Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855

Safety of Ships

The Consumption of Paper

Patent Claims

Securing and Setting Harrow Teeth

Walking on the Sea

American Wool

Preserving Flour and Meal

Hulled Grain

Regulating Draft of Furnaces

Explosive Alarm Signal

Hemp and Flax Brake

List of Patent Claims

Window Blinds

Important Items

The American Ostrich

Comparison of Iron and Wooden Vessels

History of Reaping Machines--No. 15

Mechanics

Inventors, and Manufacturers

Departments

Letters

To Correspondents

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